Gilles Huet took a fortune off his table neighbor after flopping trips tens with 
and increased his stack significantly whereas Guillaume Darcourt took the other way. After a limp and a raise to 500, the cutoff squeezed to 1,300 and Darcourt then made it 3,500. The initial two players folded, but the cutoff moved all in to enforce a fold!
Francois Pirault, who made a deep run in the Winamax Poker Tour final in Paris not long ago and also came 3rd in the 6,000 MAD No Limit Hold'em - DeepStack (Event #5) of the World Series of Poker Circuit here in Marrakech back in January.
Selim Oulmekki raised to 400 and the player on the button squeezed to 1,250, which Pirault called in the small blind, Oulmekki folded. On the 
flop both checked before Pirault check-called a bet og 1,400 on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and the Frenchman check-folded to a bet worth 1,800.
The cards of the opponent were already mucked with an 
showing and the pot was awarded to Said El Yousfi, who had flopped top two pair with 
on a board of 
and was paid off.
Choukri Chergui won the World Series of Poker Circuit leader board back in January and the Moroccan will be heading to the National Championship Final in the USA. Chergui is also in today's field after having entered not long ago.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Barny Boatman has since taken his seat next to Mohamed Mamouni and Guollaume Darcourt whereas Leo Margets is in the same seat but one table over. And then, Said El Yousfi sat down towards the end of the first level. The Swiss-Frenchman had won a Side Event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Circuit Event outside of the North America last year.
A huge pot early on had seen Selim Oulmekki taking almost all chips of his table neighbor with pocket aces versus pocket kings on a board of 
and the opponent of the French-Moroccan busted shortly after and reentered immediately.
Oulmekki just got into another bigger hand and raised preflop. His sole opponent in late position faced a check-raise to 1,600 on the 
and called. Oulmekki then fired the 
turn for 2,650 and the 
river for 3,200 to get called down and reveal for a busted draw. His opponent turned over 
as winning hand ...
After winning some small pots early on, Rakesh Lalwani just opened to 250 from under the gun and the player from one seat over then clicked it to 550. Lalwani called but quickly check-folded on a flop of 
. to a continuation bet worth 600.
Guillaume Darcourt was also involved in a medium-sized pot early on and checked behind a ten-high river with a pair of fours, avoiding the trap of an opponent who had flopped a set of nines.
Mohamed Mamouni is another local player that is often seen in tournaments in Morocco while Isabel Baltazar just joined the competition after her deep run in the High Roller last night.
Mohamed Ali Houssam opened to 300 and was called by Houcine El Otmani from one seat over to see a flop of 
. Houssam continued for 300 and was called before firing 700 on the turn. Again El Otmani called rather quickly before doing the same on the river.
Houssam had bet 2,000 and showed 
for a flopped full house once his fellow countryman tossed in the two yellow T-1,000 chips.
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